It’s Mommy Tip day again!
When my baby was still learning to accept food, she would often end up wet and sticky after meal times.
To minimize the mess, I experimented with various types of bibs. 100% cloth bibs were out right from the beginning because the liquid from her rejected food would soak right through to dirty her clothes. Cloth bibs with PVC backing was what worked for us – the cloth would absord the liquid, and the PVC lining behind prevented it from soaking through. But even after switching to cloth bibs with PVC backing, her clothes still often ended up wet and sticky.
So I tried out PVC shirt bibs and rubber bibs. The PVC shirt bibs had long sleeves and fronts that reached all the way down to cover her tummy. The rubber bibs had catchment areas at the bottom to capture all the icky lumps of food that didn’t manage to make their way into her mouth. Strangely enough, she still got wet and sticky.
Finally, I realised that she was always wet and sticky after meal times because the food was dribbling from her mouth down to her chin, all the way down to her neck, bypassing the bibs, onto the collars of her clothes, then soaking through to her body.
So, just before feeding her, I would fold a hanky over and over again, until it was a small thick wad, then tuck it under her bib, over the collar of her clothes, to absorb the dribbling mush. Did it work? Let’s just say, from then on, I seldom had to wipe her down and change her clothes every single meal time. So, this is my tip for mommies who abhor food messes. Happy feeding!
Now that is smart! That will surely save you some time and frustration – after feeding the baby. Thanks for sharing.
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